The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-21
and ths amount Of labor required I'm caring

and the amount Of labor required TN caring
for II. Thus economy in construction and
| convenience and ease In general housekeeping
movements - hand in hand. Parallel Illus
trati0ns might be carried forward so as 10 in
clule each detail Of the house, but we will
take up practical illustration Of this idea by
calling attention to house plan which IS
submitted herewith.
Before describing il. IL may be well 20
say that il is designed 10 suit in the matter Of
cost and other conditions the family Of mod
crate means which, by the way. /, so largely
10 toe majority For such a family there
must bee a sitting ROOM a parior or reception
room. q dining room and kitchen and pan
try ON the first floor Then above these
should bee what is usually called the family
bedroom and connected with 10 should he the
room. for the children, boys and girls. one
for each Then there should hea guest room,
and i-oiatei from this part Of tae house
should he the servants room The bathroom
should bee accessible from all Of the front liy-
ing rooms
The average household has the habit " liv-
Ing all over the house D. a greater extent
than 10 used TO- and the awful stiffness ~ a
pari0r is not 80 apparent as ia times past Ia
the plan given it is difficult 60 decide which
should BE- u-ei as sitting room and which
as reception room As now usei parI0r
and reception room mean the same thing s.
matter Of thi, kind would Dee largely a matter
" individual preference ln some instances
the dining room and the one immediately in
front of % would he used together AS the SIT
Ting or living part 0f the house, in which case
the room 10 the left would he the parlor /
Then again there are those HLO would Keep /
The dining room closed a good part OF the /
tiue and would Hse the two front rooms o. /
gether Possibly tAe large one iu front would /
boz designated n- the sitting room StH that .
would not keep DO from being used virtually .
is the reception room The two would be .
Used together as time ana occasion dictated
The room which is ietterei reception room
ontaius the front stairway This stairway
ani- near the front NJ the house on the
ec9nd floor, for which reason we are enabled
0 have the tw0 rooms which are most used
ln each floor in the front part of doe house
We have the two front chambers above aui
bee reception room and sitting room below.
{ we had q long narrow stair ball constructed
o. the usual way $500 would have the sitting
DOM toward tle rear and only little alrofe
BEDROOM over The hail in front
The dining room, which 3, large room is
ouueo'd with The front part ~ the house
y Sliding doors To has CRATE in one cor
er ~ it On general principles Crate has
o business m dining room 70 is nearly
iways at some oues back and makes him
uncomfortable no meal time Being in the
1ruer ~ tne room tne crate faces the table
'- iocat.ou brings farther from amy one
ham DO would he n located on side wall
fence may Dee SLOWED. There d. IL porch
thelearoi fhs dining room. and between
le door leading 90 10 and the door CD the .
bins closet there Is space for "a ,iieboard
lerenre two windows at the end 0fthis din
s room Ihe door which passes into the +.
ln.r, should Dee on double spring hinges. So
BAT it uIiI swing both ways One can push
sau,t % and open from either ,ie and I
hen D. is released &c will take it- natural po.
fi0n.
Tl.pantry is large one Pantres 100 gen
.li may boz regarded AS Kitchen annex %
Ogre room uud preparing room This pantry I
q combination affair II connects with the ,
lua closet hy means u a slide Aside from
ID. china .eet which projects into t, there Fl.